Chronological summary of historical events in the development of Kuban
Cossack military establishment

A PREAMBLE:

1. To the English reader,- there are at times no compatible
words in the English vocabulary adequately describing Russian words, titles or
designations,- for an instance: a word "voisko" can only be explained
as an "military establishment".

2. The names or designations of Cossack military
establishments ('voiska'- plural) stem from geographical locations of their
settlements,- primarily along rivers like HOPER, DON, KUBAN etc, or other
prominent natural features like Caucasus, Trans-Caucasus etc... For other
specifics refer to the foot notes.

1696 – Participation of Hoper Cossacks in
AZOV (1) campaign.

1711, May 14 – The destruction of Hoper settlements
by order of the Peter the Great for participation of Hoper Cossacks in the
Bulavin (2) uprising.

1720, May 20 – The return of the lands to the Hoper
Cossacks confiscated from them by Peter the Great in 1711

1731 – Ratification of the establishment of
Hoper Cossack command.

1767 – First Hoper Cossack regiment
established.

1768 – Beginning of the bestowment of the
"Hereditary Nobleman" title in Cossack military establishments.

1768-74 – Participation of "Zaporozhets"(3)
in the Russo-Turkish Wars.

1783,April 8 – The Crimean and Taman peninsulas and
the right bank of the KUBAN River incorporated into Russia.

1783 – River Kuban becomes the Southern
Border of Russia.

1783 – Count Potemkin organizes the "Zaporozhets"
under the leadership of 'Seedor Bely'(7)

1787 – Count Potemkin forms volunteer
formations 1787Military Establishment of the "Faithful Cossacks" organized and
a fortifications built at the VASILKOV settlement.

1787 – Seedor Beely elected an 'Ataman' [see
(2)].

1787-91 – Participation of the BLACK-SEA
Cossacks (then 'Faithful Cossacks' as yet) in the Russo-Turkish War.

1788,Junl7 – The Ataman Seedor Beely passed
away.

1788 – Election of new Ataman,- Zachar
Chepiga.

1788 – Change in designation of the 'Faithful
Cossacks' to the "Military Establishment of the Faithful Black Sea
Cossacks".

1788 – Foundation of the "EKATERINOSLAVL
Cossack Military Establishment".

1789 – Count Potemkin designated the Head
Hetman (2) of the Ekaterinoslavl and the Black Sea Cossack military
establishments.

1790 – Settlement of the Black Sea Cossacks
between the BUG and DNIESTER rivers and foundation of the redoubt/fort at vil.
SLOBODSEA.

1791, Oct.5 – The death of the Count and Cossack
'Ataman' Potemkin.

1792, Jan.20 – The lands of the Black Sea Cossacks
between rivers Bug and Dniester were summarily taken away from them and
incorporated into Ekaterinoslavl Province.

1792, Jan 29 – Black Sea Cossacks dispatch their
barrister Anton Golovaty as a head of delegation to St. Petersburg to plead for
an allocation of lands along the KUBAN River.

1792, Jun.30 – Empress Catherine the Great bequeaths
to the Black Sea Cossacks the lands of TAMAN Peninsula and the adjacent areas.

1792 – Supplemental Charter from Empress
Catherine the 2nd about the Cossack holdings.

1792, Aug.2 – The directive from Catherine the 2nd
to relocate the Black-Sea Cossack flotilla to the Taman region.

1792, Aug. 15 – Return of Hetman Golovaty and his
deputation from St. Petersburg to the SLOBODSEA settlement

1792, Aug.25 – Arrival into the Taman region of the
first group of Black-Sea Cossacks - 3847 men under the leadership of colonel
Sava Beely.

1792, Sept.2 – The departure of the Head Ataman
Chepiga from the Slobodsea Settlement with all mounted and foot Cossack forces,
with all their regalia and the Church of the establishment.

1792, Oct.23 – Ataman Chepiga arrived with all his
Black-Sea Cossacks to the banks of the Kuban river and wintered on the river
YEYA sandbanks in the KHAN fortress.

1792-1864 – An uninterrupted 72-year long period
of hostilities with the mountain tribes of Caucasus and the initially Black-Sea
and subsequently KUBAN Cossack Establishments, culminating with the conquest of
the Western Caucasus.

1793, Julyl5 – Mass departure of the Cossacks with
their dependants from their Dniester settlements under the leadership of the
Establishment's Judge Anton Golovaty.

1793, Aug.15 – Arrival of Golovaty into the Kuban
region.

1793 – Founding the City of Ekaterinodar (8).

1794, January – The regional Black-Sea Administration
publishes the "Orders of Cannon truths"(9).

1794 – Resettlement of DON and VOLGA Cossacks
numbering 1125 families out of which a Kuban regiments is organized.

1794 – Two Black-Sea Cossack regiments were
relocated to Poland, under the command of Ataman Chepiga.

1796-97 – Black-Sea Cossacks participate in
Persian (10) campaign.

1797, Jan.14 – Ataman Chepiga passed away.

1797 – Anton Golovaty elected Head Ataman.

1797 – The Emperor Paul 1st designates
Kotlarevski as the Ataman of the military establishment, thereby annulling the
right of the Black-Sea Cossacks to elect their own Ataman.

1832 – A "Bodyguard" Squadron (12)
formed within the Caucasus Line Establishment.

1837 – The Azov Mil. Establishment formed
separate detachments which are dispatched to serve along the Black Sea coast
line.

1842, Jul.l – Statute of Black Sea Mil.
Establishment is published.

1842 – Out of the DON Cossack 'Bodyguard'
Regiment a Black Sea "Bodyguard Squadron"(12) was formed as a separate
unit.

1842 – Beginning of populating of the "LABA
River Line".

1842 – The Chief of Staff of the Black Sea
Cossack mil. establishment,General
Rashpil assumed duties of the 'Designated Ataman' due to the fact that Gen.
Zavadovski was performing commander's duties of both Caucasus and the Black Sea
Lines.

1845, Feb.16 – A Statute of "Caucasus Line Mil.
Establishment" is published.

1848 – Town of YEYSK is founded.

1848-49 – Third resettlement from Poltava,
Chernigov and HARKOV provinces of 14,227 persons into the Black Sea region takes
place.

1852 – General Rashpil died and the duties of
the Ataman were

passed on to General Kuharenko.

1852 – General Zavadovski died.

1855 – Death of the last of the Black Sea
Cossack Atamans and designation of Gen. Philipson as a 'Designated
Ataman'.

1858 – Establishment of the "Management
of Cossack and Irregular Formations".

1861 – Unsuccessful attempt of Russian
Government to forcibly resettle Kuban Cossacks along the south bank of Kuban
river.

1862, May 10 – The "Proposition for population
of the northern mountain approaches to the Caucasus Ridge" has been
approved. The administrative borders of Kuban region were defined with the
inclusion of Black Sea coast line from the estuary of river MOKUPSE to the
estuary of Kuban river.

1863 – Conquest of Trans-Kuban area
completed.

1864 – Conquest of Western Caucasus area
completed.

1862-66 – Populating the Trans-Kuban area.

1864 – Elimination of the AZOV Mil.
Establishment due to the fact that the majority of population migrated already
into Kuban

region.

1866 – Costal area of Black Sea in the Kuban
region excluded into separate district.

1869 – Exclusion of the Black Sea Costal
District from the Kuban region and adding 12 settlements(Stanitsa's)to
the STAVROPOL Province.

1869, Apr.21 – Publication of the "Land
Administration of the Settlements".

1870, Aug.1 – Publication of "Military Service
Obligation and Maintenance of Combat units of Kuban and TEREK Mil.
Establishments".

1870, Aug.30 – Officers and Civil Servants were
apportioned land parcels out of settlements land-block areas.

1877-78 – Participation of Kuban Cossack units
in Russo-Turkish wars.

1879 – Participation of Kuban formations in
the conquest of Trans-Caspian area.

(12)This cavalry unit size has no comparatives in modern definitions – it is larger than a cavalry squadron
of old but smaller than the cavalry regiment,- perhaps a half of old cavalry
regiment,- about twelve hundred sabers.